Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1205974 By The Beatles. By John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Pop,Standards. Score. 3 pages. John Fries #804165. Published by John Fries (A0.1205974). Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns. Thanks, John.  Blackbird is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album The Beatles (also known as the White Album). It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney, and performed as a solo piece by McCartney. When discussing the song, McCartney has said that the lyrics were inspired by hearing the call of a blackbird in Rishikesh, India, and alternatively by racial tension in the United States.